The first three Doctor Who novelisations were published in the 1960s by Frederick Muller Ltd, but it wasn't until 1973, when Target Books picked up the reprint rights, that the range of Doctor Who books began to expand.
Beginning with Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, Target Books would go on to print books based on all but five of the television stories produced between 1963 and 1989, with numerous re-jacketed editions in between.
With the majority of stories novelised, the company, now owned by Virgin Publishing, went on to establish the enormously successful range of New Adventures novels.
The production of the 1996 TV movie, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, saw BBC Books taking the decision to publish both a script book and novelisation of the story. Shortly afterwards, the decision was also taken that the time had come for Doctor Who fiction to be brought in-house, with Target/Virgin's twenty-four year association with the programme finally coming to an end in April 1997.
Beginning with Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, Target Books would go on to print books based on all but five of the television stories produced between 1963 and 1989, with numerous re-jacketed editions in between.
With the majority of stories novelised, the company, now owned by Virgin Publishing, went on to establish the enormously successful range of New Adventures novels.
The production of the 1996 TV movie, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, saw BBC Books taking the decision to publish both a script book and novelisation of the story. Shortly afterwards, the decision was also taken that the time had come for Doctor Who fiction to be brought in-house, with Target/Virgin's twenty-four year association with the programme finally coming to an end in April 1997.
Doctor Who: Galaxy Four
by William Emms
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- November 1985
Other Editions
Doctor Who: Galaxy Four
UK / Paperback / Target Books / April 1986 / No.104
Doctor Who: Galaxy Four
UK / Paperback / Target Books / April 1986 / No.104
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
Following a skirmish in deep space, two alien spacecraft have crashlanded on a barren planet in Galaxy 4.
The Drahvins are a race of beautiful females, led by the imperious Maaga. The Rills are hideous tusked monstrosities, accompanied by their robotic servants, the Chumblies.
When the Doctor arrives, he discovers that the planet will explode in two days' time. The Drahvins desperately ask for his help in escaping the planet and the belligerent Rills.
But things are not always as they seem...
Following a skirmish in deep space, two alien spacecraft have crashlanded on a barren planet in Galaxy 4.
The Drahvins are a race of beautiful females, led by the imperious Maaga. The Rills are hideous tusked monstrosities, accompanied by their robotic servants, the Chumblies.
When the Doctor arrives, he discovers that the planet will explode in two days' time. The Drahvins desperately ask for his help in escaping the planet and the belligerent Rills.
But things are not always as they seem...
Television Story
Galaxy 4
Script Writer: William Emms
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
11/09/65 Four Hundred Dawns
18/09/65 Trap of Steel
25/09/65 Airlock
02/10/65 The Exploding Planet
Galaxy 4
Script Writer: William Emms
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
11/09/65 Four Hundred Dawns
18/09/65 Trap of Steel
25/09/65 Airlock
02/10/65 The Exploding Planet
DVD 
CD
Audio Download (UK) 
No complete episodes of Galaxy 4 are known to exist, although a six-minute extract from Four Hundred Dawns does survive and was included in the Missing Years documentary which has been released on video alongside the existing episodes of The Ice Warriors and on DVD as part of the Lost in Time box set in both the UK and United States. Off-air audio recordings exist for all four episodes and these were released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in October 2000 with linking narration by Peter Purves.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Vicki / Steven Taylor
First Doctor / Vicki / Steven Taylor
Notes
- Apart from Mission to Venus in the Make Your Own Adventure series of Doctor Who game books, Galaxy 4 was William Emms' only produced contribution to the world of Doctor Who. The scripts to the story were released by Titan Books in July 1994 under the title Galaxy 4.
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
by Donald Cotton
Audio Book
Unabridged reading of the novelisation, narrated by Stephen Thorne.
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- April 1985
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
UK / Paperback / Target Books / September 1985 / No.97
The Myth Makers was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters omnibus from Star Books in August 1988.
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
UK / Paperback / Target Books / September 1985 / No.97The Myth Makers was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters omnibus from Star Books in August 1988.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
Long, long ago on the great plains of Asia Minor, two mighty armies faced each other in mortal combat. The armies were the Greeks and the Trojans and the prize they were fighting for was Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.
To the Greeks it seemed that the city of Troy was impregnable and only a miracle could bring them success.
And then help comes to them in a most unexpected way as a strange blue box materialises close to their camp, bringing with it the Doctor, Steven and Vicki, who soon find themselves caught up in the irreversible tide of history and legend...
Long, long ago on the great plains of Asia Minor, two mighty armies faced each other in mortal combat. The armies were the Greeks and the Trojans and the prize they were fighting for was Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.
To the Greeks it seemed that the city of Troy was impregnable and only a miracle could bring them success.
And then help comes to them in a most unexpected way as a strange blue box materialises close to their camp, bringing with it the Doctor, Steven and Vicki, who soon find themselves caught up in the irreversible tide of history and legend...
Television Story
The Myth Makers
Script Writer: Donald Cotton
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
16/10/65 Temple of Secrets
23/10/65 Small Prophet, Quick Return
30/10/65 Death of a Spy
06/11/65 Horse of Destruction
The Myth Makers
Script Writer: Donald Cotton
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
16/10/65 Temple of Secrets
23/10/65 Small Prophet, Quick Return
30/10/65 Death of a Spy
06/11/65 Horse of Destruction
CD
Audio Download (UK)
No episodes of The Myth Makers are known to exist. Off-air audio recordings of all four episodes were released on CD by BBC Worldwide in January 2001 with linking narration by Peter Purves.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Vicki / Steven Taylor / Katarina
First Doctor / Vicki / Steven Taylor / Katarina
Audio Book- UK
- BBC Audiobooks
- 4 × CD / Download
- 4 hours 1 minute
- April 2008
Notes
- The Myth Makers was the first of Donald Cotton's three novelisations for Target Books, and the first of two which would be based on his own scripts. Like all of his Doctor Who novelisations, The Myth Makers is written in the first person, in this instance from the point of view of Homer. That's the ancient Greek poet, rather than Simpson...
- The Myth Makers was the final television story to feature Vicki, who left the TARDIS to marry Troilus at the conclusion. Unsurprisingly, she had spent the majority of the story being called Cressida.
Horse of Destruction also saw the first appearance of Katarina, although she would only go on to appear in the first few episodes of The Daleks' Master Plan before being killed off.
Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown — The Daleks' Master Plan: Part I
by John Peel
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- September 1989
- Book Number: 141
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
Stranded in the jungles of Kembel, the most hostile planet in the Galaxy, Space Security agent Marc Cory has stumbled across the most deadly plot ever hatched — the Daleks are about to invade and destroy the Universe. Cory has to get a warning back to Earth before it's too late — but the Daleks find him first.
Months later the Doctor and his companions arrive on Kembel and find Cory's message. But it may already be too late for Earth — the Daleks' Masterplan had already begun...
Stranded in the jungles of Kembel, the most hostile planet in the Galaxy, Space Security agent Marc Cory has stumbled across the most deadly plot ever hatched — the Daleks are about to invade and destroy the Universe. Cory has to get a warning back to Earth before it's too late — but the Daleks find him first.
Months later the Doctor and his companions arrive on Kembel and find Cory's message. But it may already be too late for Earth — the Daleks' Masterplan had already begun...
Television Story
Mission to the Unknown
Script Writer: Terry Nation
1 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
09/10/65 Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks' Master Plan, Episodes 1-6
Script Writers: 1) Terry Nation, 2) Dennis Spooner
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
13/11/65 The Nightmare Begins 1
20/11/65 Day of Armageddon 1
27/11/65 Devil's Planet 1
04/12/65 The Traitors 1
11/12/65 Counter Plot 1
18/12/65 Coronas of the Sun 2
Mission to the Unknown
Script Writer: Terry Nation
1 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
09/10/65 Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks' Master Plan, Episodes 1-6
Script Writers: 1) Terry Nation, 2) Dennis Spooner
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
13/11/65 The Nightmare Begins 1
20/11/65 Day of Armageddon 1
27/11/65 Devil's Planet 1
04/12/65 The Traitors 1
11/12/65 Counter Plot 1
18/12/65 Coronas of the Sun 2
DVD
CD
Audio Download (UK)
Day of Armageddon and Counter Plot exist as 16mm telerecordings and both episodes have been released on DVD as part of the Lost in Time collection in both the UK and United States. All episodes exist as off-air audio recordings and were released on CD in October 2001 with linking narration by Peter Purves.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Katarina
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Katarina
Notes
- Mission to the Unknown was the second of John Peel's five Dalek novelisations for Target, being published just two months after The Chase.
- The novelisation of The Daleks' Master Plan was the only one to be split over two novels. Episodes 7-12 were novelised in The Mutation of Time — The Daleks' Masterplan: Part II.
- The Daleks' Master Plan included the second and final appearance of Katarina, who had been introduced in The Myth Makers.
- Discounting The Trial of a Time Lord, which was effectively four seperate stories with linking scenes of the Sixth Doctor on trial, The Dalek's Master Plan is the longest story in the series' history, running to twelve episodes — thirteen if you count the one-off Mission to the Unknown which was broadcast prior to The Myth Makers. Notably, it is the only episode of Doctor Who not to include any of the regular characters.
Doctor Who: The Mutation of Time — The Daleks' Master Plan: Part II
by John Peel
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- October 1989
- Book Number: 142
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
The Daleks' Masterplan is well under way. With the Time Destroyer, the most deadly machine ever devised, they will conquer the Universe. Only one person stands in their way — the Doctor. For he has stolen the Taranium Core which is vital to activate the machine.
Travelling through Time and Space, the Doctor and his companions are forever on the move in case the Daleks track them down.
But after several months, to their horror, the TARDIS indicates that they are being followed...
The Daleks' Masterplan is well under way. With the Time Destroyer, the most deadly machine ever devised, they will conquer the Universe. Only one person stands in their way — the Doctor. For he has stolen the Taranium Core which is vital to activate the machine.
Travelling through Time and Space, the Doctor and his companions are forever on the move in case the Daleks track them down.
But after several months, to their horror, the TARDIS indicates that they are being followed...
Television Story
The Daleks' Master Plan, Episodes 7-12
Script Writers: 1) Terry Nation, 2) Dennis Spooner
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
25/12/65 The Feast of Steven 1
01/01/66 Volcano 2
08/01/66 Golden Death 2
15/01/66 Escape Switch 2
22/01/66 The Abandoned Planet 2
29/01/66 Destruction of Time 2
The Daleks' Master Plan, Episodes 7-12
Script Writers: 1) Terry Nation, 2) Dennis Spooner
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
25/12/65 The Feast of Steven 1
01/01/66 Volcano 2
08/01/66 Golden Death 2
15/01/66 Escape Switch 2
22/01/66 The Abandoned Planet 2
29/01/66 Destruction of Time 2
DVD
CD
Audio Download (UK)
Escape Switch exists as a 16mm telerecording and was released on DVD as part of the Lost in Time box set in both the UK and United States. All episodes exist as off-air audio recordings and were released on CD in October 2001 with linking narration by Peter Purves.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Katarina
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Katarina
Notes
- The novelisation of The Daleks' Masterplan is the only one to be split over two novels. Episodes 1-6 were novelised in Mission To The Unknown — The Daleks' Master Plan: Part I.
Doctor Who: The Massacre
by John Lucarotti
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- June 1987
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Massacre
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1987 / No.122
UK / Paperback / Target Books / October 1992 / No.122
Doctor Who: The Massacre
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1987 / No.122 UK / Paperback / Target Books / October 1992 / No.122
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1987)
The TARDIS lands in Paris on 19 August 1572. Driven by scientific curiosity, the Doctor leaves Steven to meet and exchange views with the apothecary, Charles Preslin.
Before he disappears, he warns Steven to stay out of 'mischief, religion and politics.' But in sixteenth-century Paris it is impossible to remain a mere observer, and Steven soon finds himself involved with a group of Huguenots.
The protestant minority of France is being threatened by the Catholic hierarchy, and danger stalks the Paris streets. As Steven tries to find his way back to the TARDIS he discovers that one of the main persecutors of the Huguenots appears to be — the Doctor.
The TARDIS lands in Paris on 19 August 1572. Driven by scientific curiosity, the Doctor leaves Steven to meet and exchange views with the apothecary, Charles Preslin.
Before he disappears, he warns Steven to stay out of 'mischief, religion and politics.' But in sixteenth-century Paris it is impossible to remain a mere observer, and Steven soon finds himself involved with a group of Huguenots.
The protestant minority of France is being threatened by the Catholic hierarchy, and danger stalks the Paris streets. As Steven tries to find his way back to the TARDIS he discovers that one of the main persecutors of the Huguenots appears to be — the Doctor.
Television Story
The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve
Script Writer: John Lucarotti
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
05/02/66 War of God
12/02/66 The Sea Beggar
19/02/66 Priest of Death
26/02/66 Bell of Doom
The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve
Script Writer: John Lucarotti
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
05/02/66 War of God
12/02/66 The Sea Beggar
19/02/66 Priest of Death
26/02/66 Bell of Doom
CD
Audio Download (UK)
No episodes are known to exist. Off-air audio recordings exist for all four episodes and were released on CD by BBC Worldwide in October 1999 with linking narration by Peter Purves.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
Notes
- The Massacre was the last of John Lucarotti's three television stories to be novelised, but unlike those based on Marco Polo and The Aztecs it differs significantly from the story seen on screen. Lucarotti's scripts had been altered significantly prior to being produced in 1966 and, being unhappy with the changes, he took the opportunity to set the record straight when asked to novelise the story.
- The concluding moments of Bell of Doom feature the arrival in the series of Dodo Chaplet.
Doctor Who: The Ark
by Paul Erickson
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- October 1986
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Ark
UK / Paperback / Target Books / March 1987 / No.114
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1992 / No.114
Doctor Who: The Ark
UK / Paperback / Target Books / March 1987 / No.114 UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1992 / No.114
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1987)
It is ten million years in the future and the Earth is about to plunge into the sun. A gigantic Space Ark has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet Refusis. Accompanying the Humans on their journey are the Monoids, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world.
When the TARDIS materialises on board, the Doctor and his friends are greeted with suspicion which soon turns to open hostility when Dodo inadvertently infects the Ark's crew with a long-forgotten virus.
It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect that will last for seven hundred years.
It is ten million years in the future and the Earth is about to plunge into the sun. A gigantic Space Ark has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet Refusis. Accompanying the Humans on their journey are the Monoids, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world.
When the TARDIS materialises on board, the Doctor and his friends are greeted with suspicion which soon turns to open hostility when Dodo inadvertently infects the Ark's crew with a long-forgotten virus.
It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect that will last for seven hundred years.
Television Story
The Ark
Script Writer: Paul Erickson
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
05/03/66 The Steel Sky
12/03/66 The Plague
19/03/66 The Return
26/03/66 The Bomb
The Ark
Script Writer: Paul Erickson
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
05/03/66 The Steel Sky
12/03/66 The Plague
19/03/66 The Return
26/03/66 The Bomb
VHS
CD
Audio Download (UK)
All four episodes exists as 16mm telerecordings and have been released on video in both the UK and United States. The complete soundtrack to the story, with linking narration by Peter Purves, was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in August 2006.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
Notes
- The Ark was Paul Erickson's only work for the Doctor Who universe. He is probably best known for co-creating the long-running ITV soap-opera Crossroads.
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
by Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- June 1986
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1986 / No.111
UK / Paperback / Target Books / December 1992 / No.111
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1986 / No.111 UK / Paperback / Target Books / December 1992 / No.111
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1986)
Somewhere outside space and time there waits the Celestial Toymaker, an enigmatic being who ensnares unwary travellers into his domain to play out his dark and deadly games.
Seperated from the TARDIS, the Doctor is forced to play the complex trilogic game with the evil magician. Meanwhile, Dodo and Steven must enter into a series of tests with, amongst others, the schoolboy Cyril and the King and Queen of Hearts.
If they lose, they are condemned to become the Toymaker's playthings for all of eternity. For in the malevolent wonderland that is the Celestial Toyroom, nothing is just for fun...
Somewhere outside space and time there waits the Celestial Toymaker, an enigmatic being who ensnares unwary travellers into his domain to play out his dark and deadly games.
Seperated from the TARDIS, the Doctor is forced to play the complex trilogic game with the evil magician. Meanwhile, Dodo and Steven must enter into a series of tests with, amongst others, the schoolboy Cyril and the King and Queen of Hearts.
If they lose, they are condemned to become the Toymaker's playthings for all of eternity. For in the malevolent wonderland that is the Celestial Toyroom, nothing is just for fun...
Television Story
The Celestial Toymaker
Script Writer: Brian Hayles
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
02/04/66 The Celestial Toyroom
09/04/66 The Hall of Dolls
16/04/66 The Dancing Floor
23/04/66 The Final Test
The Celestial Toymaker
Script Writer: Brian Hayles
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
02/04/66 The Celestial Toyroom
09/04/66 The Hall of Dolls
16/04/66 The Dancing Floor
23/04/66 The Final Test
DVD
CD
Audio Download (UK)
The Final Test exists as a 16mm telerecording and has been released on DVD as part of the Lost in Time box set in both the UK and United States. Off-air audio recordings exist of all four episodes and were released on CD by BBC Worldwide in April 2001 with linking narration by Peter Purves.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
Notes
- The Celestial Toymaker was the last of Gerry Davis' five Doctor Who novelisations for Target Books, and the only one based on a script which he hadn't at least co-written himself.
- Brian Hayles would go on to write a further five scripts for Doctor Who, novelising both The Ice Warriors and The Curse of Peladon himself.
- The character of the Toymaker was due to have made a return appearance in the television series in The Nightmare Fair, the opening story of Doctor Who's Twenty-Third season in 1986. However, the extended holiday the show had that year meant that the planned story was abandoned. Graham Williams' novelisation of his unproduced scripts was eventually released by Target Books in May 1989. The character later appeared in Gary Russell's Fifth Doctor novel Divided Loyalties, which was published by BBC Books in 1999.
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
by Donald Cotton
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- July 1985
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
UK / Paperback / Target Books / January 1986 / No.101
The Gunfighters was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters omnibus from Star Books in August 1988.
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
UK / Paperback / Target Books / January 1986 / No.101The Gunfighters was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters omnibus from Star Books in August 1988.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
Back in the gun-totin', hard-hittin', fast-shootin' days of the Old Wild West, when outlaws ruled the land and the good guys stayed off the streets, a troupe of travelling players — Miss Dodo Dupont, Steven Regret and the mysterious Doctor Caligari — moseyed into the town of Tombstone one October afternoon.
Their method of transportation was a mite peculiar though. After all, a police box materialising out of thin air sure ain't the usual way to enter a sedate town like Tombstone...
And when the Doctor and his partners meet up with Wyatt Earp and the notorious Clanton brothers, they soon find out that the scene is all set for high noon at the O.K. Corral...
Back in the gun-totin', hard-hittin', fast-shootin' days of the Old Wild West, when outlaws ruled the land and the good guys stayed off the streets, a troupe of travelling players — Miss Dodo Dupont, Steven Regret and the mysterious Doctor Caligari — moseyed into the town of Tombstone one October afternoon.
Their method of transportation was a mite peculiar though. After all, a police box materialising out of thin air sure ain't the usual way to enter a sedate town like Tombstone...
And when the Doctor and his partners meet up with Wyatt Earp and the notorious Clanton brothers, they soon find out that the scene is all set for high noon at the O.K. Corral...
Television Story
The Gunfighters
Script Writer: Donald Cotton
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
30/04/66 A Holiday for the Doctor
07/05/66 Don't Shoot the Pianist
14/05/66 Johnny Ringo
21/05/66 The OK Corral
The Gunfighters
Script Writer: Donald Cotton
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
30/04/66 A Holiday for the Doctor
07/05/66 Don't Shoot the Pianist
14/05/66 Johnny Ringo
21/05/66 The OK Corral
VHS
CD
Audio Download (UK)
All four episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings and have been released on video in both the UK and United States. The complete soundtrack to the story, with linking narration by Peter Purves, was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in February 2007.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
Notes
- The Gunfighters was the second and last story written for the television series by Donald Cotton, and was also the second of his three Doctor Who novelisations to be published. Like both The Myth Makers and The Romans it was written in the first person, in this instance from the point of view of a character named Ned Buntline. And before anyone goes scurrying for an episode guide, no, Ned wasn't seen on screen in the television story.
- Despite being a programme involving time travel, Doctor Who rarely features genuine historical situations or characters. Being set during one of the most infamous and oft-dramatised incidents in American history makes The Gunfighters almost unique in the television series' history.
Doctor Who: The Savages
by Ian Stuart Black
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- March 1986
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Savages
UK / Paperback / Target Books / September 1986 / No.109
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1992 / No.109
Doctor Who: The Savages
UK / Paperback / Target Books / September 1986 / No.109 UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1992 / No.109
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1986)
Landing on a distant planet, the Doctor confidently announces to his companions that the TARDIS has brought them to an age of great advancement, peace and prosperity.
The Doctor's calculations seem to be confirmed when the travellers are greeted by Jano and the Elders who take them on a tour of their city — a haven of beauty, harmony and friendship, set in a wilderness inhabited by tribes of Savages.
But the security of the city is founded on one deadly and appalling secret. Soon the Doctor and his friends discover that it is not only outside the city walls that savages dwell...
Landing on a distant planet, the Doctor confidently announces to his companions that the TARDIS has brought them to an age of great advancement, peace and prosperity.
The Doctor's calculations seem to be confirmed when the travellers are greeted by Jano and the Elders who take them on a tour of their city — a haven of beauty, harmony and friendship, set in a wilderness inhabited by tribes of Savages.
But the security of the city is founded on one deadly and appalling secret. Soon the Doctor and his friends discover that it is not only outside the city walls that savages dwell...
Television Story
The Savages
Script Writer: Ian Stuart Black
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
28/05/66 Episode 1
04/06/66 Episode 2
11/06/66 Episode 3
18/06/66 Episode 4
The Savages
Script Writer: Ian Stuart Black
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
28/05/66 Episode 1
04/06/66 Episode 2
11/06/66 Episode 3
18/06/66 Episode 4
CD
Audio Download (UK)
None of the episodes are known to exist, but off-air audio recordings of all four episodes were released on CD by BBC Wordwide in November 2002 with linking narration by Peter Purves.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
First Doctor / Steven Taylor / Dodo Chaplet
Notes
- The Savages was the first of Ian Stuart Black's three television stories to be novelised — all of them being written by the man himself. The Macra Terror was released in 1987 with The War Machines completing the set in 1989.
- The Savages was the final television story to feature Steven Taylor.
Doctor Who: The War Machines
by Ian Stuart Black
- UK
- Hardback
- Target Books
- February 1989
- Book Number: 136
Back Cover Blurb
London, 1966 — when the TARDIS materialises outside the Post Office Tower the Doctor becomes aware of a powerful and evil force nearby, so he and the ever-curious Dodo set off to investgate.
Inside the tower they track down the source of power to Professor Brett and WOTAN, his revolutionary new computer.
Designed as a universal problem solver, WOTAN has suddenly begun to think for itself and has formulated a deadly plan. Using its phenomenal power it will programme humans to build mobile fighting computers, and with these indestructible war machines WOTAN will take over the world...
London, 1966 — when the TARDIS materialises outside the Post Office Tower the Doctor becomes aware of a powerful and evil force nearby, so he and the ever-curious Dodo set off to investgate.
Inside the tower they track down the source of power to Professor Brett and WOTAN, his revolutionary new computer.
Designed as a universal problem solver, WOTAN has suddenly begun to think for itself and has formulated a deadly plan. Using its phenomenal power it will programme humans to build mobile fighting computers, and with these indestructible war machines WOTAN will take over the world...
Television Story
The War Machines
Script Writer: Ian Stuart Black
Based on an idea by Kit Pedler
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
25/06/66 Episode 1
02/07/66 Episode 2
09/07/66 Episode 3
16/07/66 Episode 4
The War Machines
Script Writer: Ian Stuart Black
Based on an idea by Kit Pedler
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
25/06/66 Episode 1
02/07/66 Episode 2
09/07/66 Episode 3
16/07/66 Episode 4
DVD
CD
Audio Download (UK)
All four episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings. The War Machines was released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in August 2008, and is due to be released on Region 1 DVD in the United States in January 2009. The complete soundtrack to the story, with linking narration by Anneke Wills, was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in August 2007.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Dodo Chaplet / Ben Jackson / Polly
First Doctor / Dodo Chaplet / Ben Jackson / Polly
Notes
- The War Machines was the last of Ian Stuart Blacks three Doctor Who novelisations to be published, after The Savages in 1986 and The Macra Terror in 1987.
- The War Machines was the final story to feature Dodo Chaplet, who was unceremoniously written out during Episode 2. Although never seen on screen again, the character would later re-appear in David Bishop's continuity-laden novel Who Killed Kennedy, in which she would be written out of the Doctor Who universe in a far more permanent manner...
With Dodo despatched to the country to recuperate, the end of the story saw the Doctor leaving 1960s London with two new companions, Ben Jackson and Polly.
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
by Terrance Dicks
- UK
- Hardback
- WH Allen
- June 1988
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1988 / No.133
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
UK / Paperback / Target Books / November 1988 / No.133
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
A 17th century Cornish town — villainous pirates roam the seas searching for treasure while the townsople have turned to smuggling, wheeling and dealing in contraband.
Into this wild and remote place the TARDIS materializes and the Doctor and his companions find themselves caught up in the dubious activities of the locals.
When the Doctor is unwittingly given a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure the pirates are determined to extract the information — whatever the cost...
A 17th century Cornish town — villainous pirates roam the seas searching for treasure while the townsople have turned to smuggling, wheeling and dealing in contraband.
Into this wild and remote place the TARDIS materializes and the Doctor and his companions find themselves caught up in the dubious activities of the locals.
When the Doctor is unwittingly given a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure the pirates are determined to extract the information — whatever the cost...
Television Story
The Smugglers
Script Writer: Brian Hayles
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
10/09/66 Episode 1
17/09/66 Episode 2
24/09/66 Episode 3
01/10/66 Episode 4
The Smugglers
Script Writer: Brian Hayles
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
10/09/66 Episode 1
17/09/66 Episode 2
24/09/66 Episode 3
01/10/66 Episode 4
CD
Audio Download (UK)
None of the episodes is known to exist. Off-air audio recordings of the complete story were released on CD by BBC Worldwide in May 2002 with linking narration by Anneke Wills.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Ben Jackson / Polly
First Doctor / Ben Jackson / Polly
Notes
- The Smugglers was the last of the Doctor Who novelisations to be released in hardback by WH Allen. By 1988 sales had fallen to an unsustainable level and the decision was taken to release the novelisations solely in paperback. After the publication of The Smugglers there was therefore a six month gap before the paperback releases had caught up with the hardback schedules and any "new" titles were published.
- The Smugglers was the second of Brain Hayles' six stories for the television series.
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
by Gerry Davis
- UK
- Hardback
- Allan Wingate Ltd
- February 1976
Other Editions
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
UK / Paperback / Target Books / February 1976 / (No.62)
UK / Paperback / Target Books / February 1993 / No.62
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
UK / Paperback / Target Books / February 1976 / (No.62) UK / Paperback / Target Books / February 1993 / No.62
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1976)
The Sergeant blinked again. Three lights were moving towards him through the murk of the blizzard. Even as he looked, the lights changed into three tall, straight figures clad in silver-armoured suits, advancing across the ice with a slow deliberate step. Horror-struck, the Sergeant reached for his gun, and a stream of bullets sprayed across the marching figures. BUT THEY CONTINUED MARCHING...
The CYBERMEN have arrived. The first invasion of Earth by this invincible, fearless race — and the last thrilling adventure of the first DOCTOR WHO.
The Sergeant blinked again. Three lights were moving towards him through the murk of the blizzard. Even as he looked, the lights changed into three tall, straight figures clad in silver-armoured suits, advancing across the ice with a slow deliberate step. Horror-struck, the Sergeant reached for his gun, and a stream of bullets sprayed across the marching figures. BUT THEY CONTINUED MARCHING...
The CYBERMEN have arrived. The first invasion of Earth by this invincible, fearless race — and the last thrilling adventure of the first DOCTOR WHO.
Television Story
The Tenth Planet
Script Writers: Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
08/10/66 Episode 1
15/10/66 Episode 2
22/10/66 Episode 3
29/10/66 Episode 4
The Tenth Planet
Script Writers: Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
08/10/66 Episode 1
15/10/66 Episode 2
22/10/66 Episode 3
29/10/66 Episode 4
VHS
CD
Audio Download (UK)
The final episode is currently not known to exist, although the first three are all held as 16mm telerecordings and have been released on video with a reconstruction of the final episode using photographic references, existing clips and the complete off-air soundtrack. Off-air audio recordings of the complete story were released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in January 2006 with linking narration provided by Anneke Wills.
Regular Characters
First Doctor / Ben Jackson / Polly
Familiar Faces
The Cybermen
First Doctor / Ben Jackson / Polly
Familiar Faces
The Cybermen
Notes
- Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet was the first new novelisation to feature the First Doctor since Doctor Who and the Crusaders in 1966.
- The novelisation of The Tenth Planet was the second of five to be written by Gerry Davis, and was the first story to feature the Cybermen, arguably second only to the Daleks in terms of popularity with the public.
Despite apparently being wiped out at the conclusion of the story when their home planet of Mondas was destroyed, they would re-appear no less that nine times over the following twenty-two years, after apparently establishing themselves on the planet Telos.
Needless to say, while Series One of the revived Doctor Who television series in 2005 had revived the Daleks, the second saw the return of the Cybermen (albeit ones from a parallel universe) in the two-part Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel.
The 1985 television story Attack of the Cybermen would see a return to the storyline of The Tenth Planet as the continuity-heavy tale saw the Telosian Cybermen attempting to avert the destruction of Mondas, by crashing Halley's Comet into the Earth, and changing the course of established history. - The Tenth Planet was the final television story of the First Doctor's era. The character would return, however, in both 1973 and 1983 in the anniversary stories The Three Doctors and The Five Doctors. The story was also the first to introduce the concept of regeneration. At the conclusion of the story, the Doctor's body changes into that of a younger man — the Second Doctor. In reality, this was done to enable the producers to replace William Hartnell who was now suffering from ill health.
